For this hands on math activity, we made flowers out of egg cartons. We used them for this specific math activity but these flowers can be glued on a canvas to create a bouquet too! 

Egg carton flowers!

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Materials needed for this hands on math activity:

1. Egg carton – We used the transparent one
2. Acrylic paint
3. Printer paper
4. Color Paper
5. Scissors
6. School glue

Preparation for this activity:

1. First, cut out the individual cups from the egg carton. We made slits on the sides of some cups to give them a bloomed flower effect. I left the others as they were. This is optional.
2. Next, paint them with acrylic paint. We chose to paint our flowers red and pink. We painted the middle of the flowers yellow.
3. To ensure that the color of the flowers are solid, do a second coat of paint when the first coat is completely dry.
4. Let the flowers dry completely.
5. Cut out rectangles from green colored paper and glue at the bottom of a piece of printer paper. This is to give a setting by mimicking the effect of grass. This isn’t a needed step but it will give the final effect a more polished look.
6. Write a couple of random addition problems anywhere on the printer paper with a marker.
7. Then, write the answers to the addition problems on the back of the flowers with permanent marker.

How to play this math activity:

Ask your child to come over and play this quick and simple math game!

1. Your child has to solve the addition problems that are written on the paper. Then, he or she has to find the flower with their answer.
2. After they have located the correct flower, they need to glue it on top of  the addition problem on the printer paper.
   
3. This process should be repeated for all the math problems on the paper.

At the end of this simple math activity, the child has not only practiced the math problems, a beautiful piece of artwork is also created!

Isn’t beautiful? We added stems to give it a flower effect.

Beware! There is a possibility that your child may ask to repeat the activity. Just have a couple more flowers on hand to repeat.

I hope you enjoyed this fun math activity. If you did, comment below and share your thoughts. Did your child like this activity?

You may be interested in our other hands on activities. Click the pictures below to read about them.

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